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June 20, 2008
ATTENTION: NEWS, EVENTS, SPORTS EDITORS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
UNITED STATES TABLE SOCCER FEDERATION ANNOUNCES
THE $20,000 COLORADO STATE TABLE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Denver Tournament Draws Top Table Soccer Players from Across the
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Denver, CO (USTSF) - Colorado, one of the world’s hotbeds for
tournament-level table soccer (a.k.a. “foosball”) for more than three
decades, is once again extending the challenge to the best of the
nation’s foosball elite: a chance at the title at the annual Colorado
State Foosball Championships. Accepting the challenge July 3rd- 6th
at the Crowne Plaza Denver International Airport hotel will be more
than 200 table soccer (a.k.a. "foosball") enthusiasts and
professionals from all around the United States.
Determined to take home prizes, trophies, and the coveted state
titles, all are expected to take on Colorado’s best, which includes a
long line of legendary foosball players, such as: Mike “Doc” Bowers,
first World Champion of the game back in the early ‘70s; Colorado
native Todd Loffredo who holds more World Champion titles than any
player in the history of the game (40 World titles, countless U.S. and
National Champion titles, and even foosball’s Masters Invitational
title); multi-time World Champions Scotty Wydman and Tom Spear; multi-
time Masters Invitational Champion and U.S. National Team member
Robert Mares; Women’s World Champion Dawn Duquette; and Open Mixed
Champion Shelley Langley, to name a few.
These and about 20 other Pro and Master-ranked Colorado players
will definitely have their work cut out for them, as they face fierce
competition from USA #1-ranked Billy Pappas of Lowell, MA, multi-time
World Champions Terry Moore of Chicago and Tony Spredeman of Milwaukee
(hot off a major title win at the recent U.S. Open of Table Soccer),
and several other members of the U.S. National Foosball Team. Women’s
challengers like U.S. Team member Dusty Bambenek of Ohio, top-ranked
Tiffany Moore of Chicago, and more will also vie for the Colorado
State titles.
Events are open to all comers, with numerous categories for men
and women from beginner up to Master. Competition further includes
events for youths aged 17 & under and specialty events such as “Goalie
War,” “Forward Shootout” and “2-ball Rollerball.” The tournament is
also open to press and spectators, and there is no admission fee to
enter the tournament area. Players of every skill level can register
for events on site (entry fees vary) and all competition will take
place on Tornado Table Soccer™ tables from the Valley-Dynamo division
of Brunswick. Opening events begin at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July
3rd with most finals on Sunday the 6th. Sponsors of the event include
the Crowne Plana DIA (formerly the Holiday Inn DIA, at 15500 E. 40th
Ave, in Denver, CO; tel: 1-303-371-9494 for reservations), while
sponsors of the U.S. National Team include Brunswick’s Tornado Table
Soccer™, Warrior Custom Golf, Bonzini™ USA, Borden Milk Products of
North Texas, Foosball.com, Rod-lock.com and TTR MasterWraps.
Now recognized as an International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF)
Pro Tour Series event, the annual Denver area tournament has even been
elevated to international tour status. This means that at the Master
level, players are competing not just for the $20,000 in cash and
prizes at the event, but also for qualifying points to compete at the
ITSF World Championship Finals in Europe early next year. And, with
many Masters playing exceptionally strong after foosball’s recent U.S.
Open and Hall of Fame Classic tournaments in Atlanta and Las Vegas,
respectively, matches at Colorado State could be extremely intense!
Other USTSF/ITSF 2008 World Tour events in the United States are
scheduled for Raleigh, North Carolina, Austin, Texas, Las Vegas,
Nevada and more. Meanwhile, table soccer players from over 50
countries are gearing up for further ITSF competition in Austria, the
Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Germany, India, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico,
Poland, Romania, the United Arab Emirates and the UK, among others.
In fact, this year’s 55-tournament, five-continent tour is the largest
worldwide table soccer pro tour ever!
For additional details about the event and the sport of table
soccer, see the following websites:
www.ustsf.org - USTSF official web site/Pro Tour & U.S. National Team
sponsorship opportunities
www.table-soccer.org - ITSF official web site/international rankings/
news
www.foosball.com - General information about the sport of table soccer
www.vifa.com - Tournament/league information site
For more information, photos, or for an electronic version of this
release, please contact:
Shelly Langley, Tournament Director, Tel: 1-970-581-6723; Email:
Shelly at (no spam) coloradofoosball.com
Larry Davis, Executive Director, USTSF, Tel: 1-563-580-9485; Email:
larry.davis at (no spam) ustsf.foosball.com
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